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One of my best friends is heading to Yellowstone with his family today, so I thought a round-up of snowmobiler survival stories from this week will give him something to read at the airport. Mechanical breakdown or getting stuck can lead to a cold night out.

Clear thinking, a tree pit shelter, and a strobing phone app, help two brothers survive a night out in Montana – http://www.kxlf.com/news/update-missing-snowmobilers-found-alive-in-bridger-mountains/

http://www.belgrade-news.com/news/article_65b6b61e-7cdf-11e3-b238-001a4bcf887a.html

http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674missing_igloolik_hunters_found_by_searchers/

http://www.tetonvalleynews.net/two-snowmobilers-rescued-near-pine-creek-pass/article_c0d276fc-7e0e-11e3-bda3-001a4bcf887a.html

Resources: Tree Pit Shelter – http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/survival/wilderness/how-to-build-a-shelter3.htm